100 Worst Britons

On the 10th of May 2003 Channel 4 released the results of the vote that took place to reveal which British celebrities the British public hated most. All voting was done by the Channel 4 website (www.channel4.com) at the beginning of the year. The rules were that the winner must be British and alive and not currently in prison or pending trial (which is lucky for Jeffrey Archer).

The latest "Greatest" list is one of several Channel 4 has done revealing the transient tastes of the British public. Other lists have been complied on the subject of Greatest... such as TV Adverts, Movie Stars, World Cup moments and Films.

The reason I publish this list and not the others is it is a particularly revealing source of the psychology of the British public. Of course the online voting is not going to be an accurate representation of the whole British public as most people who would bother to vote in such polls would be from the IT savvydemographic of the 13 to 40 age range. Niether was there any way of preventing people voting several times - if they were sad enough to try and affect the results. Also this list will be entirely out of date within three months due to the rapid flux of British celebrity.

One thing I found suprising though was Jordan getting to number 2! Sure the girl isn't that clever and has ridiculously enlarged boobies, but #2 seems a bit excessive. I imagine it could have been a campaign against her.

And at the risk of downvotes I'm glad Harry Potter is in there. Hurrah!